Return to SAGA and painting up my pile of shame 2023-04-23

[Anatoli]

Having painted a couple of hundred board game miniatures (Conan, Nemesis and Cthulhu Death May Die) over the past 2 years I wanted to return to my wargaming roots. Wargaming has been really put on the back burner since we got a son 3 years ago (can't leave a set up miniature wargame and expect it to survive the curious fingers of our son. It really is much easier to just set up a board game for a few hours of gaming in the evening, but I do miss wargaming. Used to play a lot with my wife as well as she really likes SAGA among a few other and smaller skirmish games.

My pile of shame is mostly made up of By Fire & Sword 15mm stuff, and medieval 28mm plastics for SAGA. After some deliberation I thought I would begin by painting up every single mini in my SAGA pile of shame and fully finish that collection, expanding my Saxons and build up a decent Anglo-Saxon force. For this purpose, I had purchased both Gripping beast and Conquest Games plastic kits several years ago but only used parts of them to assemble and paint up a few units.

To kick off the project I also had a couple of metal character miniatures, such as King Alfred and a Viking Seer for my Viking army. The seer miniature can also be used as a Necromancer Warlord for SAGA fantasy (which is really fun and a surprisingly interesting twist on the SAGA rules that allows you to field random minaitures from your collection).

I also built, based and undercoated a bunch of plastic stuff -but there is little ponint in sharing them until they are painted. The idea is to share pictures whenever I paint up a playable unit / 1 point of troops.

[Ogrob]

Oh, that red cloak is lovely.

[Little Odo]

Wonderful painting. A fantastic start to your army.

[syrinx0]

Good idea finishing the Saga forces first.  Maybe you and your wife can sneak a game in during nap time.

[LouieN]

Really like the work on the shield. 

[Michi]

I would begin by painting up every single mini in my SAGA pile of shame and fully finish that collection, expanding my Saxons and build up a decent Anglo-Saxon force.
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The idea is to share pictures whenever I paint up a playable unit / 1 point of troops.

Good move! That's what I do with my SAGA progress too - I paint the value of 1 point and show it for my own motivation. I managed to have three playable factions by doing so.

[Bloggard]

 nice start, and I hope this goes well for you.

I've found your work on the boardgame minis inspirational.

[Anatoli]

Thanks guys. After a week long break I painted up a unit of Saxon hearthguards.

Also basecoated 8 horses for a Anglo-Saxon mounted hearthguard conversions based on the Conquest Games Norman cavalry, so those will be next. It is mind blowing how much minis you get in both the Conquest Games and the Gripping Beast plastic boxed sets. You could pretty much build a full army with options out of two sets.

[Harry Faversham]

They look magnificent!

[syrinx0]

Very nice unit. 

[MaleGriffin]

Absolutely lovely! Simply masterful brushwork!

[Hitman]

 
STUNNING!!!! Absolutely STUNNING!!
Thanks for sharing.
Regards
Hitman